The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales

Ep253 - Jelani Remy: Putting in the Work Like Beyoncé Does

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

"Everybody wants to be Beyoncé, but does everybody wanna put in the work?" is just one of Jelani's many foods for thought in this episode. He shares ...

Ep252 - Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti: Creating Broadway's First Museum

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julie and Diane are both co-founders of The Museum of Broadway in Times Square which opened November, 2022. Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti have te...

Ep251 - Ilana Levine: You're a Good [Wo]Man, Ilana Levine

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Infected by her mom's love for Broadway shows, Ilana was introduced to the world of theatre at an early age. After getting a haircut by one of the mos...

Ep250 - Brandon Victor Dixon: Driving Change Using the Arts

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Driven to inspire other people with art, Brandon Victor Dixon has been sharing his talent with the world for decades now. And this month, the actor sl...

Ep249 - Squigs (aka Justin Robertson): Illustrating for the Acting World

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You can take the boy out of Oregon, but you can't take the Oregon out of the boy. Or something like that. After growing up on the west coast and spend...

Ep248 - Eddie Izzard: Living up to Great Expectations

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eddie Izzard is a Tony Award nominated, Emmy Award winning actress who quickly rose to fame in the 90s as a phenomenal standup comedian - producing tw...

Ep247 - 2022 Wrap Up with Alan Seales and Diana Salameh

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2022 - the first full year of theatre since Broadway shutdown in 2020. It was full of highs and lows, but one thing's for certain we're glad Broadway ...

Ep246 - Michael Urie & Ryan Spahn: Partners in Life and on Stage

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having been together for over 14 years as real life partners, Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn now get to share the stage together as scene partners in par...

Ep245 - Tovah Feldshuh: Bringing Real Mom Love to to Lea Michele and Julie Benko

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With a Broadway career spanning over 50 years, Tovah Feldshuh takes us through her journey as she shares her life as an actress, wife, and mother. Wh...

Ep244 - Julie Halston: Confidence, Clarity, and Commitment

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For a person who claims she can’t really sing or dance, Julie Halston sure has done a lot of Broadway musicals (and rightfully so!). Even during the...

Ep243 - Elizabeth A. Davis: Defying Death Through Theatre

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth A. Davis is currently gracing the Broadway stage as Thomas Jefferson in “1776”, where she has the unique opportunity to showcase her act...

Bonus - "& Juliet" (exclusive) Red Carpet Opening Night Interviews

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded Nov 17th, 2022, listen to exclusive interview with the cast of & Juliet from the red carpet on opening night! Interviews include: Lorna Cour...

Ep242 - Jefferson Mays: Making Storytelling Cool Again

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jefferson Mays is currently on Broadway in his original interpretation of "A Christmas Carol" doing perhaps what he does best: playing multiple roles ...

Ep241 - Michael Mott: Composing for Actors

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nothing brings people together more than music and performing; Michael Mott got the best of both worlds as he prepares for his second annual holiday s...

Ep240 - Anika Larsen: Being Real-Life Famous in 'Almost Famous'

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anika Larsen is having a great time as she takes the challenge of both playing the mom on Broadway's "Almost Famous" and being the mom of two boys off...

Ep239 - Robyn Hurder: Bringing the "IT Factor" in A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Currently playing the role of Marcia Murphey in the Broadway show, "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical", Robyn Hurder shares how she got invo...

Ep238 - Krysta Rodriguez: Opportunity is Not a Lengthy Visitor

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Currently starring as Cinderella in the Broadway revival of “Into The Woods”, Krysta Rodriguez is a talented actor, singer, and dancer with countl...

Ep237 - Julie Benko: Fanny Brice Was the Role She Never Knew She Wanted

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With all the talent and awards Julie Benko has received at such a young age, it begs the question: What can't she do? Julie proves that it’s never t...

Ep236 - Beth Malone: Giving "Fun Home" A Not-So-Secret Second Act

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From creating a one-woman show, "Beth Malone: So Far" to originating the role of "Fun Home's" Alison Bechdel, Tony and Grammy award nominee Beth Malon...

Ep235 - Sasha Hutchings: Performing From a Place of Love and Compassion

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Currently leading the North American tour of the hit show, “Oklahoma!” as Laurey Williams, Sasha Hutchings proves to be a performing powerhouse. S...

Ep234 - Talia Suskauer: Defying Gravity

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Talia Suskauer is currently playing Elphaba in "Wicked" on Broadway, following the success of the Munchkinland National Tour of the same show where sh...

Ep233 - Alyssa Fox: From Elsa to Ephaba

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alyssa Fox is currently in "Wicked" on Broadway as Elphaba standby, having been a part of "Wicked" for around 12 years now. Her lifelong dream of beco...

Ep232 - Steve Rosen & David Rossmer: Joined in Holy Career Matrimony

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Longtime friends and creative partners, David Rossmer and Steve Rosen are currently working together as lyricists and songwriters for the "The Griswol...

Ep231 - Hunter Foster: Clark Griswold, Eat Your Heart Out

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a young kid, he originally wanted to be a novelist. A audition for a high school production of Bye Bye Birdie landed him the lead role of Conrad, w...

Ep230 - Mikayla Renfrow: Making a Wickedly Amazing Broadway Debut

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mikayla Renfrow is currently making her Broadway debut as Nessarose in "Wicked", one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. Mikayla shares ...

Ep229 - Jordan Barrow: The First Black Actor to Play Boq in North America

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jordan Barrow is currently making his Broadway debut as the principal role of Boq in "Wicked", making him the first black actor to play the role in No...

Ep228 - Elizabeth Teeter, Dana Steingold, Zonya Love and Michelle Aravena from Beetlejuice LIVE at BroadwayCon 2022

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A live panel discussion with Elizabeth Teeter, Dana Steingold, Zonya Love and Michelle Aravena from Beetlejuice. This was recorded LIVE at BroadwayCon...

Ep227 - Patrick Page: Originally a Magician, Now King of the Underworld

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Page is a Grammy award-winning actor and playwright currently playing Hades in "Hadestown". He looks back on his early years growing up in Ore...

Ep226 - LIVE from BroadwayCon with Salar Nader, Eric Sirakian and Damian Sandys from The Kite Runner

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A live panel discussion with lead Actor Eric Sirakian, tabla phenom Salar Nader and Associate Director Damian Sandys from Broadway's The Kite Runner. ...

Ep225 - Amir Arison: FBI Special Agent Aram Mojtabai Makes His Broadway Debut

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Best known for his recurring role as FBI Special Agent Aram Mojtabai on the NBC hit TV show, "The Blacklist” is stage and TV actor Amir Arison who's...

Ep224 - Faran Tahir: From Sci-Fi to Broadway

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Actor, writer, director and producer Faran Tahir may be best known for his roles in “Iron Man” (he tried to kill Tony Stark!) and “Star Trek” ...

Ep223 - Damian Sandys: A Chance Encounter with Cameron Mackintosh

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Damian Sandys is currently bringing his talent to the Broadway stage as The Kite Runner's associate director. The theatre director talks about the dif...

Ep222 - Azita Ghanizada: Operating from a Place of Truth and Integrity

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Azita Ghanizada is currently making her Broadway debut in "The Kite Runner" as Soraya, and is now the first woman of Afghan descent to originate a rol...

Ep221 - Eric Sirakian: A Shy Kid Finding His Home on Stage

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Sirakian recently made his Broadway debut in "The Kite Runner" as both Hassan and Sohrab. With stage credits such as "The Jungle", "Twelfth Night...

Ep220 - Salar Nader: World-Renowned Percussionist Royalty

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With years of training with the best teachers, including Grammy award winner Ustad Zakir Hussain, it’s no surprise that Salar Nader is considered pe...

Ep219 - Ian Eisendrath: Being An Artist is Like Coming Home (special crossover episode)

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For Ian Eisendrath, being an artist is like coming home. So many kids, Ian shares, don’t feel like they fit or belong until they find their creative...

Ep218 - Sonoya Mizuno: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sonoya Mizuno recently made her stage debut as Maggie in the first Off-Broadway production of the Tennessee Williams classic, "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"....

Ep217 - Rob McClure, Brad Oscar & Analise Scarpaci LIVE at BroadwayCon 2022

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A LIVE panel discussion with Rob McClure, Brad Oscar, and Analise Scarpaci of “Mrs. Doubtfire” talking about the roller coaster of being part of a...

Ep216 - Analise Scarpaci: Mrs Doubtfiring Her Way Into Our Hearts

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Analise Scarpaci is a powerhouse performer who landed her first principal role as Lydia Hillard in "Mrs. Doubtfire". She talks about how she coped whe...

Ep215 - Frankie Grande: Sinking The Titanique Ship 8 Times a Week

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A man of many talents, Frankie Grande is currently playing Victor Garber and Luigi in the Off-Broadway production of “Titanique”. In a parallel un...

Ep214 - Marylouise Burke: She'll Give You an Epiphany!

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With a career spanning decades, Marylouise still finds joy in acting and is now starring in Brian Watkins' new play "Epiphany" as Morkin at Lincoln Ce...

Ep213 - J. Harrison Ghee: Breaking the Norm

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

J. Harrison Ghee made their Broadway debut as Lola in the Tony-winning musical “Kinky Boots” where they received recognition for their performanc...

Ep212 - Charlie Rosen: A Strange Loop... of orchestrating

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tony and Grammy award-winning Charlie Rosen takes us through his journey as a musician and now an orchestrator. Born in a family of talented musicians...

Ep211 - Elizabeth Teeter: Spilling the Deetz about Beetlejuice the Musical

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Elizabeth Teeter found out she will be taking on the role of Lydia Deetz in the beloved musical, Beetlejuice, the world suddenly shut down due to...

Ep210 - SIX Queens: Khaila Wilcoxon, Jasmine Forsberg, Storm Lever, Olivia Donalson, & Gabriela Carrillo

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Get to know Khaila Wilcoxon, Jasmine Forsberg, Storm Lever, Olivia Donalson, and Gabriela Carrillo from the first national tour of SIX THE MUSICAL as ...

Ep209 - Jared Grimes: Finding His Purpose as a Quadruple Threat

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With credits in singing, dancing, acting and choreographing, and now a 2022 Tony Nominee for his role in Broadway's first-ever revival of Funny Girl, ...

From Cautionary Tales: Bless the Coal-black Hearts of the Broadway Critics

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s a special preview of the Cautionary Tales podcast from Pushkin Industries. On Cautionary Tales, bestselling author Tim Harford shares stories...

Ep208 - Kaden Kearney & Kalyn West: Emma and Alyssa in the Nat'l Tour of "The Prom"

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Starring opposite each other in the national tour of The Prom, Kaden Kearney and Kalyn West talk about what it’s like to be part of the award-winni...

Ep207 - Rachel Dratch: Her Tony-Nominated Role in POTUS is no Debbie Downer

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Dratch recently had her Broadway debut in POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, a play by Selina Fill...

Ep206 - Dave Harris: He is his own Exception to the Rule

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With two of his plays, Tambo & Bones and Exception to the Rule, being produced simultaneously, Dave Harris shares his chaotic but exciting schedule as...

Ep205 - David Morse: The Green Mile to Broadway

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

2022 Tony Nominee(!!) David Morse is reprising his role for Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive, making it's Broadway d...

Ep204 - A.J. Shively: This History Nerd is on Broadway!

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A.J. shares how he had to learn Irish step dance for the new Broadway musical, Paradise Square where plays the role of Owen Duignan. He also talks abo...

Ep203 - Alyssa May Gold: "There are doctors who do heart surgery, and then there are actors who work on your heart."

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alyssa May Gold recently made her Broadway debut alongside Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse in the long-anticipated Broadway premiere of How I Learn...

Ep202 - Simon Bailey: A West End Bad Boy with a New Take on Moulin Rouge's 'The Duke'

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Actor Simon Bailey hails from London, where his career on the West End is booming. He trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, and his ...

Ep201 - Michael Maliakel: Making His Broadway Debut as Aladdin

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Maliakel recently made his Broadway debut, following Broadway’s reopening, starring in the title role of Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theatr...

Ep200 - Patti LuPone: Broadway Royalty

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Combined across the Emmys, Grammys, Olivier and Tony Awards, Patt LuPone has 14 nominations and six wins. Her resume includes 27 Broadway credits, inc...

Ep199 - Reeve Carney: He Originally Said 'No' To Hadestown

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Reeve Carney is an actor, singer-songwriter, and musician, who may be best known for originating the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Tu...

Ep198 - Eva Noblezada: Struggling with the word 'Perfect'

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of eating disorders. At the age of 25, Eva Noblezada is a two time Tony Award nominee, a Grammy Awar...

Ep197 - Telly Leung & Cameron Adams: The importance of Ensemblists

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Telly and Cameron discuss the inspiration behind the documentary Ensemble, the catharsis of filming it, and ​​the resilience of the 13 very divers...

Ep196 - Trent Saunders, T. Oliver Reid, Eddie Noel Rodríguez: Being Hermes

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What makes the heart, soul, and sound of Hermes? Ask three different Hermes u/s and get three different answers. That speaks to the brilliance of the ...

Ep195 - Mauro Refosco: David Byrne's American Utopia

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A professional percussionist, Mauro Refosco has performed and recorded with artists such as David Byrne, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Thom Yorke’s ...

Ep194 - Kay Trinidad and Malcolm Armwood: The Fate of Swings in Hadestown

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Malcolm Armwood made his Broadway debut as a swing in Hadestown, and can currently be seen playing one of the workers. He previously starred in the na...

Ep193 - Tara Jackson & Sayo Oni: Taking Us Way Down Underground to Hadestown!

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tara Jackson and Sayo Oni, both triple threats, recently made their Broadway debuts in Hadestown. Originally from Canada, Tara Jackson was previously ...

Ep192 - Alysia Reiner & David Alan Basche: Power Couple and Acting/Producing Powerhouse

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Alysia Reiner and David Alan Basche are a power couple of TV, film and theater. Alysia may be best known for playing Natalie “Fig” Figueroa, a war...

Bonus - The Music Man (Opening Night Red Carpet Interviews)

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Join me live on the red carpet for the opening night of The Music Man! In this episode we hear from Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Jerry Zaks, Warren Ca...

Ep191 - Robert W Schneider: Director, Producer, Podcaster

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Schneider is one of Feinstein's/54 Below original programming producers, a freelance director, and co-host of the popular podcast Behind the Cu...

Ep190 - Lynn Nottage: Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Nottage is a two time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, and the first and only woman to win the category twice, for “Ruined” and “Sweat”...

Ep189 - Lorin Latarro: Mrs Doubtfire Choreographer with 14 Broadway credits to her name

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lorin Latarro is a director and choreographer, who also has fourteen Broadway credits to her name as a performer, including Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ O...

Ep188 - Kelli O'Hara: 7-Time Tony Nominee

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A seven-time Tony Award nominee, actress and singer Kelli O'Hara won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the Linc...

Ep187 - Brad Oscar: 2-Time Tony Award Nominee, currently starring in Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Actor Brad Oscar has earned two Tony Award nominations for his performances in The Producers and Something Rotten!, and has additional Broadway credit...

Ep186 - Kiera Allen: Hulu's Run, Broadway Podcast Network's TWITS

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Actress Kiera Allen was named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of their breakout stars of 2020, due in no small part to her performance opposite Sarah...

Ep185 - Major Attaway: The Longest Running Genie of All-Time

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Major Attaway has over 20 years of experience as an entertainer, actor, singer, and voiceover artist, and may be best known for playing the Genie in D...

Ep184 - Stephanie Styles: Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stephanie Styles is an actress, singer, and dancer who made her Broadway debut in the recent Roundabout Theatre revival of Kiss Me, Kate, opposite Kel...

Ep183 - Glynn Turman: 'Women of the Movement' and 50+ Years of Acting Excellence

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Glynn Turman is an Emmy Award winning actor, writer, director and producer, who made his Broadway debut at 12 years old originating the role of Travis...

Ep182 - Debra Sperling: The Voice You Didn't Know You Know

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Debra Sperling is a professional voiceover artist with over 26 years of experience. Throughout her career, Debra has been the voice of dozens of natio...

Ep181 - 2021 Wrap Up with Alan Seales and Ayanna Prescod

31 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We've successfully completed yet another year around the sun (sorry flat Earthers, the truth hurts), this time with only about 4 months of Broadway th...

Ep180 - Ilda Mason: Spielberg's "West Side Story"

27 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ilda Mason is a Panamanian actress, singer, and dancer who began her career in productions including Peter Pan, The Beauty and the Beast, A Chorus Lin...

Ep179 - Michael Zegen: The Marvelous Mrs. Miasel, Trouble in Mind, Rescue Me

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Zegen is an actor who may be most well known for his various roles on TV, including Joel Maisel, on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Damien Keef...

Bonus - Steven Sater! (and introducing 'Was It Chance?')

19 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The podcast's first ever repeat guest, Steven Sater (Tony/Grammy/Olivier/Lortel/Drama Desk Award-Winning Awesome Guy) rejoins us to discuss his latest...

Ep178 - Robin de Jesús: tick... tick... Boom!, In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, The Boys in the Band

17 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Robin de Jesús is an actor and singer who has received Tony Award nominations for his roles in In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and The Boys in th...

Ep177 - Jake Bazel: Disney's Winnie the Pooh; Puppeteer, Voice actor, Writer, Director and Coach

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jake Bazel is a puppeteer, voice actor, writer, director and coach with over a decade of experience working in children's media. Credits include multi...

Ep176 - Sierra Boggess & Julian Ovenden: Together At A Distance

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Broadway and West End stars Sierra Boggess and Julian Ovenden have reunited with a new album of classic and contemporary Broadway duets. Sierra Bogges...

Ep175 - Steven Levenson: Tick... Tick... Boom!, Dear Evan Hansen, Fosse/Verdon

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Levenson is a Tony award winning playwright and screenwriter who famously won his Best Book of a Musical Tony for Dear Evan Hansen. He later a...

Ep174 - Julia Murney: Baby, The Wild Party, Wicked (plus a surprise interview crash from Andrew Lippa)

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Actress and singer Julia Murney originated the role of Queenie in Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party (earning her first Drama Desk Award nomination), and lat...

Ep173 - Aaron Dalla Villa: A classically trained ballet dancer, rapper, singer, and actor

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Actor, dancer, musician and producer Aaron Dalla Villa was most recently seen as the slimy Mordred in the Bay Street Theater production of Camelot. Hi...

Ep172 - Ana Villafańe: Chicago, On Your Feet, Mozart in the Jungle

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ana Villafañe is an Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Awards, and two-time Drama League Award nominated actress and singer best known for originati...

Ep171 - Neal Brennan: Unacceptable, 3 Mics, Chappelle's Show

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Neal Brennan is a three time Emmy nominated writer, director, producer and stand up comedian known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central s...

Ep170 - Megan Hilty: Wicked, Smash, 9 to 5, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty - and so many more

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Hilty is a Tony Award nominated actress and singer who may be best known for her portrayal of Glinda in Wicked. Other credits include Broadway’...

Ep169 - Gavin Creel: Hello Dolly!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, I Put A Spell On You: The Sanderson Variant

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gavin Creel is an actor, singer and songwriter who received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly!, starring Bette Midle...

Ep168 - Cassie Beck: What The Constitution Means to Me, The Humans, I Know What You Did Last Summer

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cassie Beck is a star of stage and screen whose previous credits include the Broadway revival of The Rose Tattoo and the original cast of The Humans o...

Bonus - "Is This A Room" Opening Night Red Carpet Interviews

16 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The smash hit Broadway play Is This A Room opened at the Lyceum Theater on Oct 10th, 2021. Guest podcast host Beatriz Westby takes us down to the red ...

Ep167 - Tarik Davis: Freestyle Love Supreme & 20 year improv actor

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tarik Davis is an actor and writer based in New York City with a 20 year history of acting, performing improv and writing comedy. Past experience incl...

Ep166 - Jill Furman: Producer on FLS, In The Heights, Hamilton, West Side Story & More

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“If you can do something that makes you happy and that you really feel passionate about, it's not going to feel like work, it's going to feel joyous...

Ep165 - James Monroe Iglehart and Tommy Kail Talk Freestyle Love Supreme & FLS Academy

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate it’s reopening on Broadway next month, the acclaimed director of Freestyle Love Supreme joins one if it’s first company members to ta...

Ep164 - Jenny Steingart, Producing Powerhouse

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jenny Steingart is a powerhouse producer for theater, film, and television. She has worked alongside some of the greatest names in the industry, inclu...

Ep163 - Barry Sonnenfeld: Schmigadoon, Big, Men In Black, Addams Family Values, When Harry Met Sally, and so many more!

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

He began his career working as a cinematographer alongside the Coen Brothers, made a name for himself as a director, and now reflects on much of the j...

Ep162 - Ciara Renée: Frozen, Legends of Tomorrow (The Flash), Pippin

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I feel like, as an artist, and doing my art, that is how I am seen... and I want to do that for others by creating a safe space for them”.  Ciar...

Ep161 - Susan Kelechi Watson: This Is Us, Merry Wives, A Naked Girl on the Appian Way

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Opening up about her first live performance since the COVID pandemic began, this performer shares her joy in welcoming enthusiastic audiences back to ...

Ep160 - Jay Armstrong Johnson: Phantom of the Opera, Quantico, On The Town, Hands on a Hardbody

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After realizing he “didn't just want to get up there and do a kick ball change, and sing a high C”, but also wanted his art to make change in the ...

Ep159 - Allison Luff: Heels, Waitress, Wicked

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the Broadway stage to the television screen, this performer opens up about her undying love for live theater, as well as the new bug she caught f...